Re: PIE's closest relatives

From: Alexander Stolbov
Message: 29718
Date: 2004-01-17

Richard Wardingham:

> From a brief look in a dictionary, it looks as though
> you have a translation problem.

This must not be a surprise. The Illich-Svitych book is written in Russian.
The terms for more or less exotic languages have passed the following way:
an Afro-Asiatic lang. > an European lang.(Germ., Eng., Fr.) > Russian >
English.

Please suggest better translations.

Alexander